Bunny Cakes for Breakfast
Looking for a fun and easy breakfast to serve on Easter morning or sometime in the weeks leading up to Easter, to get in the mood for Easter Sunday. Here is my grandmother’s famous buttermilk pancake recipe that she made for us and served every Saturday or Sunday morning when we had the privilege of spending the weekend in one of my favorite places growing up. She was a fabulous cook and everything she created had a certain extra special flair and each dish holds precious memories for me. Rachel took this recipe and turned it into a fun holiday treat for her girls. Read on to see how to turn this buttermilk pancake recipe into “Bunny Cakes”.
Ingredients
2 eggs
2 ½ cups buttermilk
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
Accessories for Bunny Cakes
½ cup shredded coconut
1 banana sliced thin
¼ cup mini chocolate chips
sliced strawberries
Measure dry ingredients into a medium sized bowl. in your kitchen aid of mixer bowl, beat eggs until foamy. Add buttermilk alternately with dry ingredients. Mix on medium-low until batter is smooth. Cook on a hot lightly greased griddle.
To make Bunny Cakes, make one circle pancake 4 inches in diameter, one circle pancake 2 inches in diameter, 2 oval pancakes that are about 1-1 ½ inches long and 2 triangular pancakes about 1-1 ½ inches in length. Assemble bunnies on separate plates with triangle ears down first, then small circle, then large circle and them paws n top according to photo below. Decorate with coconut, bananas, mini chocolate chips and strawberries. Enjoy!
- Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 2 ½ cups buttermilk
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- Accessories for Bunny Cakes
- ½ cup shredded coconut
- 1 banana sliced thin
- ¼ cup mini chocolate chips
- Measure dry ingredients into a medium sized bowl. in your kitchen aid of mixer bowl, beat eggs until foamy. Add buttermilk alternately with dry ingredients. Mix on medium-low until batter is smooth. Cook on a hot lightly greased griddle.
- To make Bunny Cakes, make one circle pancake 4 inches in diameter, one circle pancake 2 inches in diameter, 2 oval pancakes that are about 1-1 ½ inches long and 2 triangular pancakes about 1-1 ½ inches in length. Assemble bunnies on separate plates with triangle ears down first, then small circle, then large circle and them paws n top according to photo below. Decorate with coconut, bananas, mini chocolate chips and strawberries. Enjoy!
For those of you that may want a guten free alternative to create this fun Bunny Cakes project for your family click here for our Cinnamon Oat Pancakes.
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